Archive for the 'Lllegal Immigration' Tag Under 'Letters To The Editor' Category

-MISSION VIEJO, Dennis Lambert: Our so-called president has once again shown that at heart, he is just a lying politician, out for votes and nothing more. With his chin high in the air, staring down his nose at us, he says, “We have gone above and beyond what was requested by the Republicans.” Oh, really? Complete the “fence”? No. Protect our borders, North and South, against incursions by anyone with a map and a flashlight? No. Support the Border Patrol to stop, arrest and deport all illegal entries to our country? No.

And he jokes mockingly, “Maybe they'll need a moat.” Obama, the “would-be stand up comedian” says, “Maybe they'll want alligators in the moat.”

This from a man who derides those who disagree with him, and wishes consensus discussion on the issues. He is an embarrassment to the office he holds and should have the good grace to step down.

-NEWPORT BEACH, Bruce Boyd: Headlines in the politics section tell us that the GOP is divided on immigration and other Latino issues [“GOP struggles to strike balance,” News, Jan. 16]. The article is rife with a focus of needing to appease this group or that in order to win votes (in this case it is Hispanics).

Appeasement is the problem with our current political parties and the resultant disarray and indebtedness in our governments both state and federal. The parties seem to be competing like two stores selling the same thing and can only react by offering lower prices which equal more expensive government.

I would submit that the GOP will always be divided until it figures out what government's true function really is. Otherwise they are fighting the perception that the GOP is not giving enough in the way of education or food stamps or other support programs to attract votes and loyalty.

We have lots of people in the country now who have no idea of our founding principles, some due to a poor education system and some due to recent arrival and lack of knowledge or concern. The quoted university professor Raphael Sonenshein is an example of the both problems when he states that GOP problems come from their “clinging to their core beliefs and don't want to give them up.” I rest my case.

-SAN CLEMENTE, Jim Corbett: The editorial “Low-tax states, GOP win in Census” [Dec. 23] opined, “It isn't just the weather but the political climate that seems to attract migration.” When it comes to taxes, smart red-state politicians see to it they get more than a dollar back for every dollar they send to Washington, and then they have the gall to complain about high taxes. It takes a real pig of a politician to squeal about taxes when their states get a $1.25 for every dollar they pay.

People – and businesses – are smart enough to move to states where there's a free lunch. “Big tax” states like California, New York, Illinois and most other blue states get less than a dollar back for every dollar they send to Washington. Irritatingly, the most conservative states (the South, Midwest and Alaska) get the most in federal dollars and pay the least. Alaska gets $1.60 plus back for every dollar it sends to Washington. Tea Party anti-tax politicians, complaining while you get $1.25 back for every dollar paid, demonstrate a facility for embracing two contradictory views without embarrassment.

I've got an idea. Let's give all those red states a dollar-for-dollar return on their taxes and listen to the pigs squeal. If California got a dollar back for every dollar paid, our state budget would be in surplus.

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